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- Latest Updates / New Topics. Since September 11, 2004 DREADNOUGHT has written on sex, religion and politics - from the perspective of a same sex attracted man faithful to the teaching authority of the Catholic Church.

Three years and tens of thousands of emails later, DREADNOUGHT now reaches - on average - around 100,000 diverse, highly engaged readers, viewers, listeners and visitors every month. DREADNOUGHT is regularly discussed in print, on radio / television and online.

DREADNOUGHT's columns are available in print, syndicated from Perth ('The Record' Newspaper) and occasionally Melbourne ('Kairos Catholic Journal') in Australia, and available online to the rest of the world.

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DREADNOUGHT spoke to the topic 'Gay Couples & Friends In Help And Grace' in Sydney - September 30, 2009 (1PM - 2PM).

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DREADNOUGHT spoke to the topic 'Self Mastery & The Ladder Of Love' in Sydney - September 29, 2009 (1:00PM - 1:50PM).

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DREADNOUGHT spoke to the topic 'Holy Sex & Christian Friendship' in Sydney - April 30, 2009 (1PM - 2PM).

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DREADNOUGHT presented his paper 'Common Sense: The Past And Future Of The Debate Between Libertarians And Conservatives' in Sydney - October 3 - 5, 2008.

- Advanced L&S Conference Details.

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DREADNOUGHT spoke on the topic 'Eunuchs for the Kingdom? Homosexuality & Catholicism' in Sydney - April 7, 2008.

- Facebook Event.

- Details.

- Audio.

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DREADNOUGHT spoke on the topic 'Relationship Registers: What Does Justice Demand?' in Melbourne - March 11, 2008.

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DREADNOUGHT spoke on the topic 'Is Gay Marriage A Human Rights Issue?' in Sydney - February 8, 2008.

- Remarks.

DREADNOUGHT was an invited guest on ABC Television - November 17, 2008.

- Download the Video .MP4 / .WMV).

- Transcript (Correction).

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DREADNOUGHT was interviewed by News Limited Video on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras - February 28, 2008 (for Part I, click PRIDE --> 'Religious Reasoning' / for Part II, click PARADE --> 'Moving On').

- Selected excerpts here.

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DREADNOUGHT was an invited guest on SBS Television's 'Insight' Program with Jenny Brockie - Aired 7:30pm May 16, 1pm May 19 + 2pm May 22, 2006. Read the Transcript/Debate and Feedback.

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DREADNOUGHT was a featured guest on John Safran's Show 'Speaking in Tongues' with Fr Bob Maguire on SBS Television - Episode 10, 9pm January 9, 2006. Watch the podcast now.

See pics of DREADNOUGHT or check out pics taken by DREADNOUGHT.

DREADNOUGHT was a guest on Triple J Radio's 'Hack - The Shake Up' Weekly News Analysis Program:

- February 27, 2009 (Download the podcast now).

DREADNOUGHT was a guest on Triple J Radio's 'Hack' Current Affairs Program:

- July 10, 2008 (Download the podcast now).

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DREADNOUGHT was a guest on Radio JoyFM's 'The Spin' Program:

- May 13, 2008.

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DREADNOUGHT was a guest on Radio JoyFM's 'Allegro Non Troppo' Program:

- November 9, 2008 (Download the mp3 podcast now).

- May 25, 2008 (Download the mp3 podcast now).

- December 25, 2007 (Christmas Message).

- April 22, 2007 (Download the mp3 podcast now).

- October 1, 2006.

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DREADNOUGHT was a guest on Radio 2SER's 'Queernoise' Program:

- May 24, 2006.

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DREADNOUGHT's views were discussed on John Safran's Show 'Sunday Night Safran' on Triple J Radio:

- January 14, 2008.

- February 26, 2006.

- February 5, 2006. COMING SOON

DREADNOUGHT's First Book (Stay Tuned).

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Feature: John Heard, 'To Spurn the Mass is to Violate the Catholic Chronicle of History' - The Spectator (Australia) - 7 March 2009.

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Article in Book: John Heard, 'God Is Not Responsible For War And Suffering' in 'Issues In Society: Religious Beliefs', Justin Healey (Ed.) - The Spinney Press - 2009 (ISBN 978 1 921507 02 1). Buy it online.

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Feature: John Heard, 'The Homo-Ecological-Papal-Pseudo-Event' - The Record Newspaper - 30 December 2008.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'Critics Of Benedict Misheard The Pope' - The Australian - 29 December '08.

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Feature: John Heard, 'Judge's Outdated Sixties Thinking Undermines Family' - The Record Newspaper - 28 October 2008.

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Feature: John Heard, 'Common Sense: The Past And Future Of The Debate Between Libertarians And Conservatives' - Centre for Independent Studies Policy Magazine - Spring '08.

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Feature: John Heard, 'Decisive Benedict The Pope The World Needs' - The Sunday Telegraph - 13 June '08.

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Feature: John Heard, 'Seen And Heard' - New Matilda - 2 June '08.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'Gays Don't Want Marriage' - Herald Sun - 13 May '08.

- Media Response.

- A Reply.

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Essay: John Heard, 'The New Jerusalem' (Thinking, After Modernity) - Dappled Things Journal - Vol 10 / Easter '08.

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Meanjin - Australia's Leading Literary Magazine March '08

Interview: John Heard, 'Every Move You Make: Interview with Merce Cunningham' - Meanjin (Summer Reading) - Vol. 66, No. 4, 2007 / Vol. 67, No. 1, 2008.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'Betray Families And Lose Power' - The Australian - 17 December '07.

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Meanjin - Australia's Leading Literary Magazine October '07

Essay: John Heard, 'The Privilege Of Anger: The Homosexual Advance Defence, Provocation & Criminal Law' - Meanjin (On Law) - Vol. 66, No. 3, 2007.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'For The Sake Of Howard's Legacy' - The Australian - 11 September '07.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'Parliament Decides The Abortion Debate' - The Australian - 23 August '07.

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Legal Affairs Feature: John Heard, 'Nothing To Fear From Kirby's Proposal' - The Australian - 13 July '07.

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Feature: John Heard, 'Stem Cell Controversy: George Pell & Barry Hickey' - The Record Newspaper - 14 June 2007.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'God Is Not Responsible For War And Suffering' - The Australian - 7 June '07.

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Meanjin - Australia's Leading Literary Magazine April '07

Interview: John Heard, 'Two Hours Before The Master: Interview with Edmund White' - Meanjin (On Sex, Love & Desire) - Vol. 66, No. 1, 2007.

Exclusive Extract: White on Sex & Catholicism.

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Book Review: John Heard, Andrew Sullivan's 'The Conservative Soul: How We Lost it and How to Get it Back' - Centre for Independent Studies Policy Magazine - Autumn '07.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'Leave Wedded Bliss to Those Who Can Make Babies' - The Australian - 19 March '07.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'US Obsession with September 11 Must be Judges' Too' - The Australian - 23 February '07.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'Mufti's Madness is True-Blue Larrinkinism' - The Australian - 15 January '07.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'Gays are Too Proud to Confront AIDS - Still the Real Killer' - The Australian - 1 December '06.

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Feature: John Heard, 'A Theology of Everybody: The USCCB Document on Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination' - The Record Newspaper - 22 November 2006.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'Attack on Jones is Blatant Homophobia' - The Australian - 24 October '06.

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Feature: John Heard, 'Life Stripped Bare: Interview with Edmund White' - DNA Magazine #80 - September 2006.

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Chapter in Book: John Heard, 'Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG' in 'The Australian Leadership Reader: Six Leaders and Their Stories', Helen Sykes and Erica Frydenberg (Ed.s) - Australian Academic Press - 2006 (ISBN 1 875378 66 9). Buy it online. NOW a 'recommended text' for year 11 and 12 English in Queensland.

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Feature: John Heard, 'Love's Kingdom: Against Gay Marriage' - DNA Magazine #75 - April 2006.

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Book Review: John Heard, Kwame Anthony Appiah's 'The Ethics of Identity' - Centre for Independent Studies Policy Magazine - Autumn '06.

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'Brokeback Mountain: Fear Not and Feel the Love' - The Australian - 30 January '06.

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Book Review: John Heard, Alan Dershowitz's 'Rights from Wrongs' - Centre for Independent Studies Policy Magazine - Spring '05.

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Cultural Critique: John Heard, 'Gay Icons - Bewitched' - SX Weekly Magazine - 28 July '05

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Op-Ed Piece: John Heard, 'Gay and God-Loving' - SX National Magazine - July '05.

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ONGOING

Read DREADNOUGHT's regular column BEING HEARD in The Record.

Syndicated occasionally in Kairos Catholic Journal.

Column: 'Superlative Christianity (Pagan Culture, Beauty & Conversion)' - Being Heard - The Record - 1 June '10.

Column: 'Lenten Shockwave (SSA, Fatherhood & Beauty)' - Being Heard - The Record - 11 May '10.

Column: 'Against a Particular Sort of Conflation (Sex Abuse & Media Manipulation)' - Being Heard - The Record - 4 May '10.

Column: 'Christmas Joy (Same Sex Attraction & Despair)' - Being Heard - The Record - 19 January '10.

Column: 'Hot & Dry (Advent Downunder)' - Being Heard - The Record - 5 January '10.

Column: 'What Remains (What Is A Gay Catholic To Do In Life? / Father James Martin SJ)' - Being Heard - The Record - 24 November '09.

Column: 'Our Beloved Brothers & Sisters (Anglicanorum Coetibus)' - Being Heard - The Record - 27 October '09.

Column: 'Same Sex Attraction, Catholicism & Beauty (Why Am I Still Catholic?)' - Being Heard - The Record - 20 October '09.

Column: 'The Woman in Revelation 12 (Same Sex Attraction & The Blessed Virgin)' - Being Heard - The Record - 15 September '09.

Column: 'The Latin Patrimony (New English Translations & The Roman Rite)' - Being Heard - The Record - 02 September '09.

Column: 'The Marian Model (Titian, SSA & The Assumption)' - Being Heard - The Record - 11 August '09.

Column: 'Fraternal Charity (Gay Catholics & Confession)' - Being Heard - The Record - 4 August '09.

Column: 'Faith of Our Fathers (Living Tradition)' - Being Heard - The Record - 21 July '09.

Column: 'A Miracle Of The Mass? (Personal Revelation)' - Being Heard - The Record - 23 June '09.

Column: 'Notes At The End Of The Beginning Of The Gay Marriage Debate' - Being Heard - The Record - 2 June '09.

Column: 'Nos Autem (Isaac Watts & Easter Splendour)' - Being Heard - The Record - 24 April '09.

Column: 'Lent (Homosexuality, Sin & The Divine Majesty)' - Being Heard - The Record - 24 March '09.

Column: 'Totality (Victorian Bushfires 2009)' - Being Heard - The Record - 10 March '09.

Column: 'Mercy (Legionaries Of Christ / Fr Marcial Maciel)' - Being Heard - The Record - 17 February '09.

Column: 'Father Flynn's Fingernails (Doubt)' - Being Heard - The Record - 27 January '09.

Feature: 'The Homo-Ecological-Papal-Pseudo-Event' - The Record Newspaper - 30 December '08.

Column: 'Superlative Advent (St Anselm)' - Being Heard - The Record - 2 December '08.

Feature: 'The Case For Truth And Beauty' - Kairos Catholic Journal - 14 November '08.

Column: 'Wounded By Beauty (Anne Rice)' - Being Heard - The Record - 4 November '08.

Column: 'The Few' - Being Heard - The Record - 14 October '08.

Column: 'Good Catholics' - Being Heard - The Record - 30 September '08.

Column: 'Happiness (Truth, Beauty & Goodness)' - Being Heard - The Record - 16 September '08.

Column: 'If Ye Love Me (Thomas Tallis, Homosexual & Obedience)' - Being Heard - The Record - 3 September '08.

Column: 'Answering Ingmar Bergman (Doubt, Christianity, And Modernity)' - Being Heard - The Record - 19 August '08.

Column: 'Black Legends (The Inquisition, And Anti-Catholicism)' - Being Heard - The Record - 5 August '08.

Column: 'Pope Benedict XVI In Australia (World Youth Day 2008)' - Being Heard - The Record - 7 July '08.

Column: 'Reform, We Can Believe In (The Catholic Vote)' - Being Heard - The Record - 24 June '08.

Column: 'Heart Speaks To Heart (Love, Christian Ethics & Jay Brannan)' - Being Heard - The Record - 27 May '08.

Column: 'Out Of Shadows, Into Truth (John Henry Newman & Ambrose St John)' - Being Heard - The Record - 13 May '08.

Column: 'Of God & A Gay Gene' - Being Heard - The Record - 15 April '08.

Feature: 'Sorry Before The Reform (Aboriginal Reconciliation)' - Kairos Catholic Journal - 23 March '08.

Column: 'Submit, Love, Truly Live (Sin & Guilt - 100 Revs)' - Being Heard - The Record - 11 March '08.

Column: 'Sorry & Thank You (Aboriginal Reconciliation Now)' - Being Heard - The Record - 21 February '08.

Column: 'Lapsed Catholic Syndrome (Healing Church Critics)' - Being Heard - The Record - 22 January '08.

Column: 'Christmas Is Crazy (Domine Deus Sabaoth & The Manger)' - Being Heard - The Record - 18 December '07.

Column: 'Hope Is Suspending Yourself From Heaven (Advent, Spe Salvi, Wittgenstein)' - Being Heard - The Record - 4 December '07.

Column: 'An Instrument Of Your Peace (Christian-Muslim Relations)' - Being Heard - The Record - 13 November '07.

Column: 'To Be Alone With You (Sufjan Stevens)' - Being Heard - The Record - 30 October '07.

Column: 'Unlikely Saints Of The Hidden Church (Charles Taylor)' - Being Heard - The Record - 9 October '07.

Feature: 'Through The Dark (Mother Teresa)' - Kairos Catholic Journal - 14 October '07.

Column: 'Faith No More (Mother Teresa, Modernity, Unbelief)' - Being Heard - The Record - 27 September '07.

Column: 'Through A Glass, Darkly (Witness, Truth & Love)' - Being Heard - The Record - 6 September '07.

Column: 'Seek Truth, Serve Truth - St Maximilian Maria Kolbe' - Being Heard - The Record - 15 August '07.

Column: 'His Stripes (And My Tattoo)' - Being Heard - The Record - 2 August '07.

Column: 'To God, The Joy Of My Youth' - Being Heard - The Record - 12 July '07.

Column: 'Child Sex Abuse & Silence' - Being Heard - The Record - 5 July '07.

Column: 'Homophobia In Eastern Europe' - Being Heard - The Record - 7 June '07.

Column: 'Set Yourself On Fire (Love)' - Being Heard - The Record - 25 April '07.

Column: 'Ash Wednesday - Sordid Details Following' - Being Heard - The Record - 21 February '07.

Column: 'Gay Marriage: Not Sex, But Love' - Being Heard - The Record - 1 February '07.

Column: 'Abortion Superheroes Ride Again' - Being Heard - The Record - 10 January '07.

Column: 'O Come! Advent & Christmas Peace' - Being Heard - The Record - 14 December '06.

Column: 'Hello Islam, My Old Friend' - Being Heard - The Record - 22 November '06.

Column: 'Romans 1, 22-28 The Rainbow Sash & 'Gay Marriage' - Being Heard - The Record - 16 November '06.

Column: 'In this Valley of Tears - North Korea, Iran & Peace' - Being Heard - The Record - 18 October '06.

Column: 'Bully Boys' - Being Heard - The Record - 13 September '06.

Column: 'Mother Most Complex' - Being Heard - The Record - 6 September '06.

Column: 'The Descendants of Christ: Anti-Semitism is Anti-Catholic' - Being Heard - The Record - 17 August '06.

Column: 'Solid as a Rock: The Sources of Catholic Unity' - Being Heard - The Record - 4 July '06.

Column: 'Gay Marriage and Freedom of Religion' - Being Heard - The Record - 8 June '06.

Column: 'Kitsch (Sacred Heart) Prayer Card Taught Me a Lesson' - Being Heard - The Record - 27 April '06.

Column: 'Tinkers, Tailors, She-Males, Sailors' - Being Heard - The Record - 16 March '06.

Column: 'The Differences Are Similarities: JPII & BXVI' - Being Heard - The Record - 23 February '06.

Column: 'Straight or Gay: He's Always Your Son' - Being Heard - The Record - 5 February '06.

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(SELECTED) QUOTED, FEATURED OR REVIEWED

Blogrunner: Ranked No. 2 in 'Pope Benedict XVI' - New York Times Blogrunner - February 11 '10.

Profile Interview: Barb Ernster, 'Engaging the Same-Sex Attracted' - National Catholic Register - August 9 - 22 '09.

Blogrunner: Ranked No. 1 in 'Pope Benedict XVI' - New York Times Blogrunner - December 29 '08.

Feature: 'Morning Edition' - Real Clear World - December 29 '08.

Blogrunner: Selected in 'Pope Benedict XVI' - New York Times Blogrunner - July 7 '08.

Feature: Santiago Mata, 'Sídney Recibirá Más Visitantes Para Ver Al Papa Que Los Que Fueron A Los Juegos De 2000' - La Gaceta De Los Negocios - July 4 '08.

Cover Story: Barb Ernster, 'Catholic Communities' Facebook Faith' - National Catholic Register - March 16 - 22 '08.

Editorial: 'Broadcasting Him' - National Catholic Register - March 16 - 22 '08.

Blog Central: Quoted in Barney Zwartz, 'Caring For Justice' - The Age - 11 March '08.

In-depth Feature: Aysha Leo, 'Mardi Gras Loses Its Glitter' - News.com.au - February 26 '08.

Letters: 'Fetishes, Faggots, Flirting And All' - Australian Book Review No. 293 - July/August '07.

News Section: Linked in 'Richard Dawkins' - The Huffington Post - June 6 '07.

Reason Section: Featured in 'Backlash' - Richard Dawkins.Net - June '07.

Journals: Reviewed in Geordie Williamson, 'Eros - Meanjin 66/1 - Heartburn' - Australian Book Review No. 292 - June '07.

A2 Culture Section: Reviewed in Owen Richardson, 'Meanjin 66/1 - Heartburn' - The Saturday Age - 19 May '07.

Saturday Culture Section: Reviewed in Bruce Elder, 'In Short - Nonfiction (Meanjin 66/1)' - The Sydney Morning Herald - 28 April '07.

Opinion Section: Critiqued in Jason Foster, 'This Charming Man' - MCV - 5 April '07.

Opinion Section: Critiqued in Jason Foster, 'This Charming Man' - MCV - 14 December '06.

Opinion Section: Quoted in Christopher Pearson, 'Detestable Standards' - The Weekend Australian - 28 October '06.

Opinion Section: Chris Masters Replies to Critics, 'Book Critics Silent about Jones's Many Scandals' - The Weekend Australian - 28 October '06.

In Depth Section: Quoted in Julie Szego, 'Talk King Mute as Storm Rages' - The Saturday Age - 28 October '06.

The Sydney Morning Herald October 26 '06

Opinion Section: Quoted in Miranda Devine, 'A Journalist's Great Shame Exposed' - The Sydney Morning herald - 26 October '06.

A2 Culture Section: Quoted in James Norman, 'Gay Conservatives and Other Queer Couplings' - The Saturday Age - 11 March '06.

Education Section: Quoted in Ben Haywood, 'The Riled, Riled West' - The Age - 6 February '06. DREADNOUGHT is archived by PANDORA for the National Library of Australia as a site of 'national significance'.

The Blog:

'...it is quite explicit' - London Times (Ruth Gledhill)

'Dreadnought is an edgy, gifted writer who gives the lie to the notion that SSA Catholics are simply the pinatas of their appetites. Delightfully not-full-of-crap...' - Mark Shea

'...stereotype-defying...John Heard stands his ground, what can one say but, AMEN' - Ratzinger Fanclub

'There's no single explanation of, say, someone like this' - The Daily Gotham

'...you gotta go read Dreadnought - gay, conservative Australian Catholic - and quite a good writer' - Amy Welborn

'...has better eye candy on his site than we do here' - Gay Patriot

'I enjoy your site...nice mix of orthodoxy, hipness, and stereotype smashing' - Fr Jim/Dappled Things

'...a fascinating blog, the writing is quite outstanding, you can't find much better writing than this...' - Datalounge

'You've got balls. And balls are what it takes to be a Christian today' - Being Or Nothingness

'...an intelligent person working through the contradications (or at least so they seem to most others) in his deepest feelings and beliefs. Your standard RWDB doesn’t have any such tensions, and is much duller as a result' - Andrew Norton

'Warning: Language definitely not suitable for a family newspaper' - Institute for Marriage and Public Policy

'This dude is awesome' - Eve Tushnet

The Writer:

'...sycophantic and ingratiating...' - Sydney Morning Herald (Bruce Elder)

'...a transcribed flirtation...' - The Age (Owen Richardson)

'...probably isn't someone that anyone of sound mind would even consider taking seriously...' - Richard Dawkins.Net

'...not the actor from the Home Alone movies' - The Malcontent

'...one to skip...queasy...' - Australian Book Review (Georgie Williamson)

'I was impressed. He's thoughtful, writes excellently ...the topics he covers wears me out ...I'd let him loose amongst other so-called intellectuals, especially those who want to flog the Church' - Fr Bob Maguire AM

...you write excellently. Gay (or should that be "butt-fucking") Australia needs you' - Rodney Croome

The Drinker:

'Hey jolielips...Keep drinking. X blab' - Bruce LaBruce World Youth Day 2008 Special Edition

The Pope On Sex (WYD Visit)

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Pilgrim Report - Lead Up / Sydney Prepares

Pilgrim Report - Launch Mass / Cardinal Pell / Kevin Rudd / Pilgrim Joy

Pilgrim Report - Catechesis / Pope Arrives / Stations Of The Cross / Barangaroo Welcome

Pilgrim Report - Pilgrim Walk / Harbour Bridge / Vigil / Randwick / Final Mass / Pope Departs

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Thesis - THE NEW NATURAL LAW AND THE TRANQUILLITAS ORDINIS

Why Catholic? - Intro

Why Catholic? - Sex

Why Catholic? - Aesthetics

Why Catholic? - Reason

Sabbath - Blessed Virgin Mary

Sabbath - Image Of God

Sabbath - God Is Love

Sabbath - Christ Or Love?

Lent - Sin & Ashes

Lent - HIV & Transfiguration

Lent - Papal Futures

Lent - Heresy Smack-Down

Lent - Raising Lazarus

Pope - Requiescat In Pace

Mourning - My Pope

Mourning - Papal Youth

Mourning - Pope & Homosexuality

Mourning - A Political Pope

Mourning - Pro Life Pope

Mourning - Pope For Life

Mourning - A Poor Pope

Mourning - Ends

Sabbath - Homo Monogamy

Conclave - The Jesuit

Conclave - The Jew

Habemus Papam - Benedict XVI

Pope - A Catholic

Pope - Jew Lover

Sabbath - Answering Email

Sabbath - Homosexual Suffering

Sabbath - Ascension & Pentecost

Sabbath - Trinity

Sabbath - Corpus Christi

Sabbath - Sacred Heart

Sabbath - Surrender / St Josemaria Escriva

Sabbath - One Year, War and True Freedom

Sabbath - Speaking Catholicism

Sabbath - Beauty, Aging & Love

Sabbath - Sacred Heart of Humility

Sabbath - Beato Charles de Foucauld

Sabbath - Murder My Ego

Sabbath - Exorcism

Sabbath - Confession

Sabbath - The Mass

Lent - Ash Wednesday

Lent - Palm Sunday

Holy Week - Maundy Thursday / Pesach

Sabbath - Corpus Christi II The Italian Press on Homosexuals & Heaven

Gay Priests / Psychologists

Alistair Nicholson

Cardinal Newman's Sexuality / Ian Ker

Peter Confeggi / World Youth Day Wowsers

Gay Saints

Dissident Theologians

The Pope On Sex (US Visit)

Atheists / Agnostics / Anti-Christians

'Gay Marriage' Conservatives (Redux)

Kevin Rudd / Jon Stanhope

Gay Teenagers / Gay Seminarians

Gay Choirboys

Sufjan Stevens

Charles Taylor

Luke Timothy Johnson II

Gay Parents / IVF Lesbians / Victorian Law Reform Commission

Child Sex Abusers

Eve Tushnet / Timothy Luke Johnson

Embryonic Stem Cells II / George Pell / Barry Hickey

Atheists (Christopher Hitchens / Richard Dawkins)

HIV / AIDS Infected Immigrants

Albert Mohler, Fr Fessio & Gay Babies

'Gay Marriage' Conservatives (Not So Keen After All)

'Gay Marriage' Conservatives

Justice Michael Kirby On 9/11

Sam Harris / Secular Messianism

Muslim Mufti Sheik Al-Hilali

Barebackers / Bug-Chasers

Gay Parents

Alan Jones & Chris Masters

The Pope On Islam

Equality Worshippers

Gypsies, Homos, Transsexuals & JPII

JPII Vs. BXVI

Your 'Gay' Son

'Diseased' Homosexuals / Johnny Cash

Transsexuals

Alan Dershowitz

Michael B. Kelly / Triple J

Ennis Del Mar & Jack Twist

Michael B. Kelly / Rainbow Sash Movement

John Safran / Fr Bob Maguire

Situationistes

Jim Wallace & The Australian Christian Lobby

St Augustine on SSA Friendship

Gay Marriage Pushers

Madonna (Ciccone)

Gay Novice Writes

Rodney Croome Again, Again

Johan Norberg / Global Capitalists

Gay Seminarians DREADNOUGHT Responds

Gay Seminarian Writes

Neo-Conservatives

James Alison @ BC

Michelangelo Signorile

Embryonic Stem Cells

Maria Korp

London Bombers

Joan Didion / Terri Schiavo II

Sister Donna Quinn

Fr Thomas Reese SJ

Rodney Croome V

Andrea Dworkin

Rodney Croome IV

Terri Schiavo

Gore Vidal

FischerSpooner

Rodney Croome III

Rodney Croome II

Rodney Croome I

Susan Sontag

Muslim Haters Psychological Testing / 'Gay' Priests

The Family Court

Liturgy And Truth

Modernity

A Gay Gene

ACT Civil Unions / Gay Marriage

Market Fundamentalism

Muslim - Christian Relations

New Papal Encyclical On Hope / Spe Salvi

Secular Modernity II / More Ways To Be A Catholic

Secular Modernity

Unbelief

'Commonweal' on Homosexuality II

Decriminalising Abortion

Self Mortification / Tattoos

Expanded Pension Schemes

The Old Mass

'Galaxy' / Gay Marriage Polls II

'Commonweal' on Homosexuality

Atheism / Anti-theism

NARTH / Curing Homosexuality

Gay Marriage in MA

Classical Liberalism on Marriage

Dwindling Homoactivist Numbers

Soho 'Gay' Masses - John Haldane / James Alison

Pornography / Gay Marriage

USCCB Document on Homosexuals

Worshipping the Creature: Rainbow Sash

Bizarre Theology: Rainbow Sash

Gay Marriage & Freedom of Religion

Alternative to the Rainbow Sash

Humility Over Pride - Loneliness

Spotlight on Catholic Culture

Gay Marriage Polls

Gay Marriage Debate on TV

Gay Marriage, Why Not?

AIDS / Africa

Opus Dei / The Cilice & Discipline

Speaking to Homosexuals

Gay Marriage / Civil Unions - Canberra

The Saturday Age / Gay Marriage

Intense Emails

Abortion: The Mothers

Culture of Death / Gilbert & George

Midsumma[sic] Festival

200,000 Hits

Gay Adoption

Brokeback Mountain

Vatican Ban on Gay Seminarians (Arrives)

The Catechism on Homosexuality

'Gay' Culture

The Point Foundation / Homoactivists' Failings

Banning Gay Priests

Promiscuity

Vatican Ban on Gay Priests

World Youth Day 2008 Sydney

Gay Marriage Unpopular

100,000 Hits

Gay Gene / Banning Gay Priests

Coming Out

The War

Relativism & Choice

Star Wars / Gay Priests

The Rainbow Sash

Gay Marriage Is Not Freedom

My Personal Life

Curing Homosexuality

Naked Men

Defending Intolerance

Political Correctness

Gay Marriage Tasmania

Capital Punishment

Bondage & Discipline

Abortion

Abortion Extended

Abortion Described

Islamofascism

The Pope/Catholicism

Contraception

Human Rights & Desire

Iraq Hostages

French Secularism

Animal Activism

Conservative Revolution

Gay 'Marriage'

Religion & Politics

DREADNOUGHT Manifest

A Rough Selection of the Books that Changed Me

Life:

Iris Murdoch - The Bell

Dante Alighieri - La Divina Commedia

J. K. Huysmans - Against the Grain

J. D. Salinger - The Catcher in the Rye

T. S. Eliot - Collected Poems 1909-1962

Jean Baudrillard - America

Jorge Luis Borges - Collected Fictions

Thomas Mann - Gladius Dei

Hermann Hesse - Der Steppenwolf

Faith:

G.K. Chesterton - Orthodoxy

Pope John Paul the Great - Theology of the Body

John Henry Newman - Apologia Pro Vita Sua

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger - Salt of the Earth

Pope John Paul the Great - Encyclical Letter: Fides et Ratio

Law:

John Finnis - Natural Law & Natural Rights

Aeschylus - The Oresteia (The Eumenides)

Love:

Stephen Spender - The Temple

Christopher Isherwood - Berlin Stories

F. Scott Fitzgerald - Tender is the Night

Anthony Burgess - Earthly Powers

Jean Genet - The Miracle of the Rose, Querelle de Brest

Childhood:

J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings

C. S. Lewis - The Chronicles of Narnia

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